login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8282

24 August 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 24
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/usa
Latest US list will now exempt 50% of EU steel exports from safeguard measures

Brussels, 23/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Friday the Commission welcomed the US announcement on Thursday of a seventh and final list of 178 products to be excluded from safeguard measures that the US decided to apply to steel imports, despite the World Trade Organisation's ruling. According to a press release by the United States Department of Commerce (USTR), this decision brings the total number of products to be excluded from the safeguard measures since last March to 727. This concludes...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
: Dear subscriber, until August 31, the bulletin will be published on a regular basis but in a reduced version
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Per Stig Moeller writes to colleagues inviting them to informal Elsinore meeting - work to focus essentially on enlargement and Middle East
(EU) EU/KALININGRAD: Meeting with Danish Foreign Affairs Minister President Putin's special representative for Kaliningrad
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/BALKANS: State of play with a view to the future State of Serbia and of Montenegro
(EU) EU/GREENLAND: President of the Greenland Home Rule Government wants to intensify co-operation between EU and Nordic countries
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung synthesises proposals on the table for future Constitution
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/USA: Latest US list will now exempt 50% of EU steel exports from safeguard measures
(EU) EU/JHA: Strong denial by Danish Presidency following rumours of project obliging E15 to impose telecommunication data retention measures
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: In response to fllods, German farmers will benefit from advance of 50% of arable payments - Other measures linked to flood crisis
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EUR 443 million for conversion of vineyards
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EUR 32.1 million for promotion campaigns
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: New protection for Piment d'Espelette, two types of beef meat from Portugal and German carp
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: EUR 16.7 million for Afghanistan
(EU) EU/BIO-DIVERSITY: EU makes safety assessments on GMOs available to WHO meeting in Harare
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Weber foundation asks EU to stop seal skin product imports from Canada
(EU) EU/JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Fifth European Forum Gastein to review the future of European health systems
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Conference-debate on pension funds (Brussels, 12 September)
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT:
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) COURT OF AUDITORS:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 23/08/2002: